Michael B. Jordan's Trainer Reveals His 'Black Panther' Workout

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Celebrity trainer Corey Calliet has been working with Michael B. Jordan since the pair first met on the set of 2015's Fantastic Four and now, the celebrity trainer is telling all about the beast workout routine he devised for Black Panther.

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Unless you're one of three people who have been immune to the Black Panther craze sweeping the nation, you know just how Next Level Ripped the film's entire cast is, including one Michael B. Jordan who added 15 pounds of muscle to his Creed frame in order to transform into supervillain Erik Killmonger.

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Michael B. Jordan is no stranger to body transformation. In 2015, the 31-year-old went from barely being able to lift 25 pounds to working out six days a week (all thanks to Calliet) in order to stand a chance next to Rocky Balboa himself in Creed. Before shooting was even done, Jordan had signed on for the role of a lifetime, Erik Killmonger, and he and Calliet had to head back to the drawing board, leaving their Creed regimen behind and switching focus from getting lean to getting BIG.

Following Black Panther director Ryan Coogler's orders to get the actor "muscular and massive," Calliet put the most importance on weight training and "treated it like I was training a bodybuilding Marine," setting out to seriously build his chest and shoulders.

Speaking with Men's Journal, the trainer extraordinaire revealed how he helped Jordan put on a whopping 15 pounds of muscle, saying, “I liked complex fundamental movements, like dumbbell bench presses that would help with separation.” Once the exercises and routine were in place, he then began adding weight until Jordan "hit the point where he was pushing 110-pound dumbbells up in the air.” So what exactly did an average day in the gym look like? Here we go...

As for diet, Jordan kept his meals clean, simple and high in carbs and was eating five to six times a day. A typical serving would include six to eight ounces of chicken paired with a cup of Jasmine rice and half a teaspoon of olive oil, or with half an avocado and two cups of spinach.

Up next, it's back to the gym to get ready for Creed 2, which starts shooting in just a couple of months.

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